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Dathomirian females tended to have pale gray or white skin and usually blue or silveryeyes, and tall and thin bodies. Their male counterparts more closely resembled Zabrak, muscular and powerfully-built who sported skin patterns similar to Sithtattoos and cranial horns. Females tended to exhibit a certain athleticism, while males usually possessed powerful strength. All Dathomirian specimens were Force-sensitive, though this was due to the genetic Forceful component of the female HumanNightsisters that helped breed the subspecies.

Some females among the Witches of Dathomir were Dathomiri Zabraks with the vestigial horns and characteristics of the Zabrak species.[1]

Although the term "Dathomirian" was originally used in reference to the culture of Witches of Dathomir descended from the HumanJediAllya, it eventually evolved to describe the hybridnear-Human species born from mating between Dathomir's Human female Nightsisters and a group of Zabraks from Rattatak who had arrived on Dathomir during pirate raids.[2]

Typical of Dathomiri culture, these Zabraks "malelings" were enslaved by the Nightsisters for breeding, slave labor and other purposes, and became known as the Nightbrothers. While male Dathomirians resulting from interbreeding would retain a majority of the traits of their Zabrak ancestors, most female Dathomirians would exhibit pale skin and no vestigial horns.[2]

On the whole, Dathomirians only represented a tiny percentage of the population of Dathomir—the planet hosted about 5,200 inhabitants, 97% of which were Humans.[4] Most of the female Dathomirians were killed when GeneralGrievousattacked Talzin's coven during the Clone Wars; Ventress and Mother Talzin were the only survivors.[5] With the species' near-extinction, Dathomir's full-blooded Human Nightsisters returned to their former prominence with Baritha and Gethzerion reorganizing and reassuming control of the sect.[6]

Despite the nomenclature being specifically assigned to the Human-Zabrak hybrid species that evolved on Dathomir, the terms "Dathomirian" and "Dathomiri" were also often used to describe the pure-blooded Humans who were Witches of Dathomir.

At least one female Dathomirian, Asajj Ventress, was commonly referred to as Rattataki—a near-human species that resembled the Dathomirians to some extent. Although Ventress was not genetically a Rattataki, she had spent a considerable part of her life on the planet, eventually coming to rule a large portion of it[7] (it should be noted that the forebears of the Nightbrothers did arrive on Dathomir from Rattatak).[2] The famous Sith LordDarth Maul was believed to be a full-blooded Zabrak, though he was in fact a Dathomirian[8] with a full-blooded Human mother.[9]

The Dathomirians who were Nightsisters were a gynarchial society and a tribal people who practiced dark side magic and black voodoo. The people also worshipped the Fanged God and the Winged Goddess as their main deities. They enslaved many immigrated Zabrak from Iridonia and Rattatak, usually males, to do their bidding. Many of these species traveled by piloting a Nightsister speeder. Almost all known Dathomirians were known to use the power of the dark side of the Force, as all known members were Force-sensitive.

Dathomirians who were Dathomiri Witches wore facial tattoos that declared their adulthood.[1]